Ahhh my filter wasn’t working and I had no clue. However my fish started breading. They loved it. I did do part water changes every 2 weeks but the all were healthy and just fine

Great information. Even the Murkiest natural pond has way more surface area to volume. Not to mention rain and possibly springs. It's pretty hard to replicate that in an aquarium.

I like this video, it addressed some questions I had such as the hard water and build up if I just top up from evaporation. I have many plants and fish. I notice a balance: if I water change/ gravel vacuum too much my plants suffer, but I don’t like the look of the build up of brown waste stuff. So when I see this build up I gravel vacuum around the front and side edges where it's visible when it gets too much. It seems to work fine for me. I then take that dirty water and water .y house plants with it and they love it.

My tanks go many months without water changes and plants and fish are thriving, when I do change some water its only 20% i learn to balance my aquariums.

great video thanks .

One of the most comprehensive and easy to understand videos I’ve seen on this topic - I’m not new to the hobby at all, but you’ve covered aspects that I’ve always pondered on 😊 loved nuanced you were!

Difficult subject to take on well done 👍

Tanks looking great 🙏🌈💚🦐🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

I think you should rescape the betta tank. Black water would be cool! Looking forward to that video.

I might now not buy a Briselnose Pleco for my new 3 feet aquarium. because I was just planning to keep him for algae control and not for the reason that I like this fish.

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On the first tank you feature, what is the substrate, which light is on it, and do you use CO2? Looks great.

Hello Pip! He's gorgeous... And Im so jealous on how peaceful he seems tro be with shrimp! A darkwater biotope is the healthiest way to keep a Betta and I would love to do one eventually so I say go for it.

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congrats, nice aquariums, thank you for your vids, how much water do you exchange?

Ive just ordered some new EBO food . . . You should try it 🙏🌈💚🦐🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

This is a useful and thoughtful video. Thanks for that. I don't disagree with anything you said, but personally, I'd still encourage aquarists to have algae eating fish, specifically, a bristlenose pleco or two (or more if they like them). They are "messy" (poop a lot), but they keep algae off the glass. I have not needed to clean the glass in two years because we have them in all of our 13 tanks. If we leave them out of a tank, the glass gets algae on it and we add bristlenose to deal with it. They are fun fish (and fun to breed), and I'm willing to do more water changes to clean up after them rather than scrape the glass. Snails are not as good at cleaning the glass, though I also find them useful for cleaning up excess food. But they can actually outcompete slow feeding fishes for food. As you imply, balancing input of nutrients and light with algae removal (snails and fish) is the solution. In nature, there is always algae where there is light. How much you want is about aesthetics, not aquarium health.

I am so glad i watched that video, i will make a comeback to that hobby afetr so many years, i needed a good recap, thank you.

As a new fish keeper tetras are on my list of future fish for sure. Nice tank btw.

I love neocaridina shrimp! I think pink ramshorn snails are very pretty.

Some fish eat snails and some shrimp..

Still satisfied after 1 month? I'm considering on buying the Filtosmart 100 thermo for my 96L tank. I'm reading very mixed opinions on this one. Also, why didn't you put a prefilter on the inlet? Those gaps don't really look shrimplet proof or am I wrong? Thanks for the upload!

I have a couple of Nerite snails in my tank and they do a great job on the algae.

Finally found a current video. All I find is 4,5 and 6 year old videos. They are good but not current. Thank you.

good straight forward video thankyou liked and subbed keep it up...

I could stare at this tank for hours. Beautifully done 😊

Floating plants really do help out with Nitrate levels. And as for algea eating fish, I make sure that I want that fish because of their personality and beauty. Not because they will be an employee in my tank😅 we are the only ones that can keep our tanks looking great.

It is important not to have the mindset that the algae eating fish will do your maintenance for you. Conversely, if you really want a Clown Pleco, Flying Fox, a Hillstream Loach or SAE, (This the correct reason for getting any fish), the tank absolutely _has_ to be seasoned and have at least some algae for these fish to thrive.

This is such a much needed video. You do such a thorough yet fundamental job sharing knowledge. Thank you. Normalizing algae can combat the one most crazy behavior of newbies -- disinfecting their entire tank! I've heard of people washing their gravel and filter and entire tank with soap or bleach, or simply cleaning it so well that everything dies and they just buy more fish and plants to kill!

I have a particular story with algae eating fish: at the beginning of my current aquarium adventure I didn't like Bristle nose Plecos at all, i didn't want them in my tank, but then after months, I spoke with the owner of a lfs i bought one (not two because i didn't like the idea of breeding them), then this lonely fish matured and i realized i had a female, at that momenti I wanted to add a male, basically at first i didn't like them now i want to breed them and i currently have a batch of little plecos in my aquarium 😍

Thank you for the great tips. Subscribed 👍

Great video and very informative

Your aquarium is super nice . I also keep Cardinals & other tetras in a dirted tank with lots of plants. Most mornings the male tetras are in breeding mood & it's fascinating to watch. I feed mine Fluval bugbites flake & all fish go nuts for it. Just subscribed to your channel . Cheers

I love this fish

Cheers from my fish room channel all the way in Chicago, where I just subscribed to yours! What took me so long? I love Cardinal tetras and have two groups in my fish room. Hope to see you again on Fish Tubes soon.

definitely one of my favorite tetras

Hi Adam, can you answer a question for me? Ok, you leave your light on for 6 hours, but at what power? The aquarium I'm setting up (55g) is tall, it looks like an old layout, today's aquariums are wider, but I found it in the trash and it's in perfect condition and I'm trying to find a profile, a pattern for the plants to grow well. I'm almost ready to set it up, there are a few items left, in the meantime I'll be consuming information. Thanks for the video.

This is my set up too. A really easy red plant is cryptocorn wendeti red. I have an enormous one in my aquarium. I've had it for over 15 years and balanced with a red tiger lotus on the other side of the tank it looks great.

Thanks for the review. Overall Hygger seems to have a good variety of products that that are reasonable and work well. I use a bunch of different products from them and i am happy. Subscribed, Greeting from NY @ Joy of fish keeping youtube.com/@josepolanco1228?si=6SDVhMjCOXUh9uRX

Organic potting soil sprinkled with Osmocote as a base capped with fine soil is for me the cheapest and most efficient way to set up a tank.

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Mate try the week aqua light far far better has uv to keep the water clear and runs off a app😊